Outside the tent, the cold wind howled.
The soldiers who had escaped from Huilu Storehouse were still sleep-deprived, and they gathered around the campfire outside the tent, engaging in a desultory conversation. One of the youngest looked around and asked, "Boss Xu, where's that Guan Chiying?"
The middle-aged soldier addressed as Boss Xu poked the fire with a stick in his hand, "He's talking to the people here, seeing when we can return to Luoyang."
The young man immediately said, "Luoyang is surrounded like an iron barrel; how are we supposed to go back?"
Boss Xu and the other soldiers immediately looked at him, "But our wives and children are all in the city. If we don't return, can they survive?"
The young man resentfully closed his mouth.
